Would you believe I grew up in S. Jersey but had a Krystal slider before I had a White Castle?
My cousin is from Montgomery, AL and she introduced me to the joys of eating Krystal's by the sack during our youths.
It's been a while and I've had many White Castles since, but I always wondered if the Krystal Sliders still taste as good as I remember them.
But then again, we were young and everything tastes good when you have the munchies.
8-)
Sonic confuses me. If the weather is at all inclement, my experience is hampered. I don't like eating in my car, so the stalls are horrible in my opinion. Sitting at the table is fine, but since the Sonic just opened in my town, it's crowded all the time.
The burgers are fair, better than most fast food joints and the tots are very good. The onion rings are excellent. They have great drinks, but take note they change the size of their cup during the "Happy Hour" so I think your getting about the same for the full priced drinks if you figure it out.
I'm just glad I don't have to frequent creepy carnivals and circuses to get my Corn Dog fix anymore. They have corn dogs and they are good.
The newness of it had me going quite a bit at first and I did enjoy quite a few burgers, but now that it has kind of lost it's shine, I'm seeing it as it really is. Just another fast food joint with a gimmick.
I want to kill my cell phone. And then celebrate by eating a burger.
It looks like it would be a chore to eat. Not saying I wouldn't give it a whirl, but I picture it being a mess to consume.
I hate to ask what might be a silly question, but by chopped meat he means ground beef right?
I am going to attempt these this week for dinner.
In a pinch, I have to say the Stack Attack can be quite satisfying. Unfortunately, in the end (no pun intended) it goes wrong.
I order two double burgers.
Both with mustard, ketchup, mayo and pickles.
One w/ fried onions.
One w/ raw onions.
Regular fries w/ the malt vinegar.
Five Guy's rocks. I must have one today. Good thing there are two locations within a half hour from me. Not too far, not too close. Otherwise, I might be on Lipitor.
BTW, 2009 should be the year of the burger. Let us make it so.
I can't count the amount of strange looks I get when I whip out my camera and take a picture of my meal.
The picture of the Blue9 burger above is making me salivate. It looks scrumptious. I'm going to have to take a ride to Five Guy's later to get my fix. It's a shame we don't have the variety of burger joints down here in S. Jersey the rest of the state and surrounding cities have.
In case anyone is listening, the area is ripe for a franchise to succeed.
Somebody open an In&Out down here please.....!
Cheers,
BWM
The main places I've seen Sonic ads on cable in NYC has been on the Atlanta-based Turner channels (TNT, etc), and it sounds like the ads are part of the satellite feed for those channels. The space they set aside to sell to local businesses in the markets they service tends to get filled with spots that are *really* local.
I had Krystal for the first time a few weeks ago while in Nashville. Definitely not as good as W.C.
Thank you for reading my mind...
@Eagles409
never thought of it like that before... but there's something about White Castle that brings up nostalgia that double cheese at Mickeys just doesn't quite satisfy.
i do remember like 39 cent burgers at McDonalds as after school specials. man... i loved those days
@kaszeta: Oops, you're right! Thanks for the correction, I've updated the post.
"White Castle mostly dominating the Northeast of the U.S"
A few locations in NY and NJ does not make this a "Northeast" chain. It's a Midwest chain (from Chicago, but if one looks at it historically, Detroit is basically the home of the "slider" style burger)
I think I need to move to Michigan !!!
I commend you for your devotion to review all burgers, but this place should just be ignored. As you have made abundantly clear, and so did Bruni in his NYT review, this place isn't about food. It's a SATC-esque showcase for ditzy fashionistas, metrosexuals and the finance types who love them to bask in the auras of their own self importance, nothing more. Please, let's never speak of this place again, unless it burns down to the ground or something.
@Cassaendra, I like the sounds of that! The fact is, until someone actually tries this burger they have no reason to complain about it. The thing is excellent, yes there's consistency in its cooking, it's a great once-a-month-or-so binge meal ... the place is a quarter mile from my house, so I do know of what I speak!
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